Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative Analysis and Events

Read and watch the Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative’s timely reports, issue briefs, articles, events, and videos to assess the world’s biggest strategic issues. The Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative, housed within the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, works to advance resilience as a core tenet of US and allied national security policy and practice.

Analysis

In the News

Aug 7, 2025

Vinograd on CBS News on President Trump’s decision to impose additional tariffs on India

On August 7, Samantha Vinograd, nonresident senior fellow at the Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative, appeared on CBS News to discuss President Trump’s announcement of an additional 25% tariff to be imposed on India as the country continues to buy Russian oil.

India Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Aug 6, 2025

Vinograd on CBS News on US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff’s meeting with President Putin

On August 6, Samantha Vinograd, nonresident senior fellow at the Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative, appeared on CBS News to discuss US special envoy Steve Witkoff’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin as the Trump administration pushes Russia to agree to a ceasefire with Ukraine.

Politics & Diplomacy Russia

In the News

Aug 5, 2025

Vinograd on CBS News on talks between President Trump and President Zelenskyy

On August 5, Samantha Vinograd, nonresident senior fellow at the Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative, appeared on CBS News to discuss Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s talk with President Trump focused on ending the war with Russia.

Politics & Diplomacy Russia
A Texas State water search and rescue team based in San Antonio portages their boat around a dam near Center Point. The team has been searching for remains of people still missing following the July 4-7, 2025, flash flooding in Kerr County.

New Atlanticist

Jul 31, 2025

Strategic resilience can help prevent tragedy in the next flash flood

By Thomas S. Warrick

Preventing future tragedies will require sustained focus—and resources—from federal, state, and local governments. Here are six steps to take now.

Resilience United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Jul 8, 2025

It’s not just hard power and soft power that matter. ‘Resilience power’ is every bit as essential.

By Elizabeth Sizeland

Without the ability to function under pressure, even the most sophisticated military and diplomatic strategies will falter.

Crisis Management Resilience
The United States and its allies and partners need a resilience-first approach to security.

Report

Jul 8, 2025

For the US and the free world, security demands a resilience-first approach

By Elizabeth Sizeland

This report is the foundational document of the Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative and outlines a bold vision to embed resilience as a core pillar of US and allied security. As crises compound, this report calls for investing across individual, institutional, and international levels of resilience to withstand, adapt, and thrive amid disruption. 

Crisis Management Cybersecurity

New Atlanticist

Jul 3, 2025

In the fight against foreign information manipulation, the US can’t afford to disarm

By Bailey Galicia

The United States must adopt an innovative defense posture that matches the pace and complexity of foreign influence operations.

Disinformation Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Mar 20, 2025

Warrick quoted in the Associated Press on cuts to the Department of Homeland Security  

On March 18, Thomas Warrick, a nonresident senior fellow with the Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative, was quoted in the Associated Press on personnel cuts to the Department of Homeland Security’s Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships. He argues that the center is central in averting terrorist attacks by identifying individuals before they perpetrate […]

National Security Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Jan 31, 2025

Abolishing FEMA would hurt all Americans—particularly Trump voters

By Thomas S. Warrick

Instead of abolishing the agency, US President Donald Trump should support fixing its problems, making it more efficient, and changing its focus to include strategic resilience.

Politics & Diplomacy Resilience

New Atlanticist

Jan 17, 2025

Eight big ideas for the second Trump administration

By Atlantic Council experts

President-elect Donald Trump has promised to shake up US policies early in his second term. Atlantic Council experts share eight ideas on where to start.

Economy & Business Elections

Events